Shoe-shining and hat-dusting machine.



GASTON POOTMANS, EUGENE POOIMANS & GEORGE EOOTMANS.

SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTLNG MACHINE, APPLICATION FILED APR. I-QHIQIS.

1,21 9,148. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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GASTON POOTMANS, EUGENE POO TMANS & GEORGE'POOTMANS.

SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1 \PR.I9, 1 916- I Patented'Mar. 13, 1917.-

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SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. I916.

1,21 9,148. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I916.

- Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.I9.I916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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GASTON Poo'rMA N I fiuaene POOTMA N5 A UNITED sTA Es- PATENT. OFFICE.

GASTON rooTMANs, EUGENE PooTr ANs, AND GEORGE POOTMANS, or REGINA, 1SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

SHOE-SHINING AND IlIAT-DUSTTN'G MACHINE.

Specification of Lettersllatent. v Patented Mar, 13, 1917,

Application filed April 19, 1916. serial No. 92,242.

of the city of Regina, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShoe-Shining and Hat-Dusting Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe shining and hat dustingmachines, and the objects of the invention are to facilitate inmechanically polishing shoes and cleaning hats, to render the machinecompact in construction thereby occupying a minimum of space and capableof being readily shipped, to permit of the shoe polish being readilyapplied to the brushes, to cheapen the cost of manufacture and generallyto adapt the machine to better perform the functions required of it. QWith the above and other objects in view the invention consistsessentially of the improved construction particularly described and setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings formingpart of the same.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im proved machine. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same.

Fig. 3isa transverse section through the. gear casing.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the polish container showing the ballfor applying the polish.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation, partly sectional, of an alternative form ofthe machine.

.Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the gear casing showing the means ofoperating the reciprocating brushes.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a shoe last on which shoes, when notbeing worn,

are adapted to be secured to facilitate in polishing the same. 2

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents -the shoeshining and hatdustingmachine comprising the frame 10having a'gear cas-- ing 11 at one endthereof and provided with an angular-1y disposed foot rest 12 on theback, the front of the frame being provided with a transverselyextending bar 13 I operatively supported by the bracket 15 and engagingintermediate of its length with the standard 17 so permitting of shoesbeing readily positioned for polishing but preventing the clothes of theoperator coming in contact with the brush and suffering in consequence.

Rotatably mounted in the frame 10 is a longitudinally extending shaft 18provided intermediate of its length with afly wheel 19 and a sprocket20, one end'of the shaft projecting through the casing 11 and carrying abeveled pinion 21 rigidly mounted thereon adapted to 'mesh with thebeveled pinion 22 rigidly mounted on the vertically disposed shaft 23rotatably supported intermediate of its length bv the bracket 24 securedto the upperface of the gear casing11. I v The vertical shaft 23 isprovided on the upper end with a hemispherical frame 25 having aconcentrically arranged circular brush26 adjacent to the top thereof anda concave brush 27 located in the lower end, the said brushes beingadapted to engage the rim, the lateral walls and crown of a hat in amanner to be made clear hereafter. The lower end of the shaft 23rotatably engages with the bearing 28 mounted on the" base of the frame10 and is provided with a horizontally disposed circular brush 29 whichcoacts with a brush 30 formed subs'tantially like an inverted frustuinof a circular pyramid located below the said horizontal brush. The shaft18 carries a circular brush 31 having two vertically disposed diskshaped brushes 32 arranged along the 55.

lateral faces thereof and adapted to coact therewith, the three saidbrushes facilitat The polish is applied to-the brushes 31 105 and 32 bya unique means consisting of a casing 35 having a plunger 36 slidablymounted therein and capable of being vertically actuated by the screwspindle 37 making threaded engagement with the casing and 110 therebypermitting of the said polish cas-.

ing being rotated into an oblique position when not in use, while whenapplying polish to the brushes 31 and 32 the casing will occupy theposition illustrated in Figs. 1, 4 and 6.

The shaft 18 is rotated by a chain drive 44 operatively connecting thesprocket 45 with the sprocket 20, the first said sprocket being rigidlyattached to the crank shaft 46 rotatably mounted in the gear casing 11and operatively connected by a link 47 to a pivotally mounted lever 48designed to be man- 'ually oscillated, the link being operativelyconnected intermediate of its ends to one end of the spiral spring 49,the other end of which is anchored to the gear casing.

Located below the blacking and polishing brushes 31,32 and 33 is anangularly disposed foot rest 50 provided with a notch 51 intermediate ofits length adapted to em brace the standard 17, the said foot rest beingadjustably supported intermediate of its breadth by rollers 52 rotatablymounted thereon and being provided on its back edge with a bracket 53rotatably supporting a roller 54 designed to engage with the verticalwall of theback foot rest 12 in a manner to be made clear hereafter.

This adjustable foot rest is adapted to be fed forwardly during therotation of the brushes 31, 32 and 33 and may be oscillated about thesupporting rollers 52 so permitting the point of the shoe or the instepbeing polished to the desired extent, the foot rest being retracted to anormal position under the action of the spring 55, one end of which issecured to. the back end of the foot rest while the other end isconnected to the base of the frame 10.

In Figs. 6 and 7 an alternative form of the machine is illustrated inwhich the polishing brushes are located intermediate of the blacking andfinishing brushes and consist of a circular brush 5G rigidly mounted onthe shaft 18 and adapted to cooperate with a pair of reciprocatingbrushes 57 slidably mounted adjacent to the lateral faces thereof, whilebelow the said brushes a grid foot rest 58 is located eonsisting of aplurality of vertically disposed plates on which the sole of the shoe isadapted to rest.

The brushes 56 are slightly angularly dis posed and provided on the backwith a plate 59 provided with flanged edges 60 slidably engaging withthe guides (31 rigidly mounted on the frame 10, the rear end of each ofthe plates 59 being provided with a bracket 62 making pivotal engagementwith one end of the link (33, the other end. of which is 1'0- tatablyengaged with the crank of the shaft 46. The other elements of theoperating mechanism are the facsimile of those already described, thecrank shaft 46 being driven by the chain drive 44 engaging with thesprocket 45 mounted on the crank shaft l0 and the sprocket 20 rigidlymounted on the shaft 18.

The blacking brushes are similar to those described in connection withFigs. 1 to 5, the only'diiferenrc being that the foot rest 50 isslightly modified. and in this case (onsists of a grid 64 pivotallymounted intermediate of its length to the spindle 5 and provided on theends with feet 66 designed to normally hold the grid in an angularlydisposed position relatively to the bottom of the frame 10, butpermitting of the grid being oscillated to any desired extent asfacilitating in polishing the toe or instep of the shoe.

In describing theelements of the machine, it has been understood thatthe shoe is being worn, but should this be not the case and the shoe isloose then it may be placed on the last 67 shown in Fig. 8 which may bethen manually positioned and the machine actuated by applyingoscillating motion to the lever 48.

The assembly of the machine will be readily understood from theforegoing description.

When the machine is in use it is only necessary for the operator toapply oscillating motion to the lever 48 so rotating the several brusheswhereupon the shoes are alternately engaged with the brushes 29 and 30to remove the dirt. The shoe is next placed on the rest 50 and thepolish receptacle rotated into a vertical position as shown in Fig. 1,so that the polish extruded through the orifice 39 coming in contactwith the rotating ball 41 uniformly applies polish to the face of thebrushes 31 and 32 which in turn applies the same to the shoe.

When the desired amount of poiish has been applied to the front of theshoe that foot is then withdrawn and the shoe rested on the fixed footrest 12 so that the desired amount of polish may be applied to the heeland back of the shoe and when this has been accomplished the shoe isthen placed in con tact with the polishing brush 33 and a high. polishis given to the shoe thereby.

Vhen it is desired to clean a hat the lever 48 is oscillated and thecrown of the hat embraced by the circular brush 2G and the concave brushand when the vertical shaft the brushes,

23 is rotated to the desired speed the brushes coming in contact withthe outer periphery of the hat will remove the dust therefrom and giveto the same a high polish or finish.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the user alternately placeshis shoes in contact with the brushes 29 and 30, first on the one sideand then on the other so that the dirt is removed, whereupon the shoe isnext engaged with the brushes 31 and 32 so that the desired amount ofpolish is applied and the shoe is then withdrawn and placed in contactwith the polishing brush 33 resulting in a velvet finish being given tothe shoe.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within thescope of the claims, constructed without de arting from the spirit orscope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theaccompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What weclaim as our invention is:

1. A machine of the class described, comprisinga frame, a pluralityofflat brushes having opposing faces spaced apart, a cylindrical brusharranged between the opposing faces of the fiat brushes, means forrotating a pivotally mounted polish container, a ball carried by saidcontainer and normally engaging the faces of all of said brushes, saidball being freely rotatable in all directions, and means for feedingpolish from said container to the ball.

2. A machine of the class described, comprising a frame, a plurality offlat brushes having opposing faces spaced" apart, a cylindrical brusharranged between the opposing faces of the flat brushes, means forrotating the brushes, a polish container, a cage mounted on the lowerend of said container, a vball loosely mounted in the cage above thecylindrical brush and between the flat brushes, and means for moving theball into and out of engagement with the adjacent brushes.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a frame brushes rotatablymounted therein, an oscillating foot rest located below the brushes,rollers rotatably mounted in the foot rest intermediate of the lengththereof, a bracket on the back of the foot rest, a roller rotatably,mounted in the bracket, and resilient means for retaining the foot restin a normal position.

4. A machine of the class'described comprising a frame brushes rotatablymounted therein, an osci ating foot rest located below the brushes,rollers rotatably mounted on the foot rest intermediate of the lengththereof, and a spiral spring operatively connected at one end to thefoot rest and at the other end to the frame.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

GASTON PO01 S. EUGENE POOT S. GEO. POOTS. Witnesses:

W. B. TA E. L. Bu iin.

